Railway car



E. W. LIGHT Feb. 5, 1935.

RAILWAY CAR Filed June 21, 1926 Feb. 5, 1935. E. w. LIGHT 1,989,705

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RAILWAY CAR Filed June 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Feb. 5, 1935 v i I UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAILWAY CAR Eber W. Light, Charleston, W. Va., assignor to Sanford Investment Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn, a corporation of Delaware Application June 21, 1926, Serial No. 117,505

23 Claims. (Cl. 105-364) This improvement relates particularly to mine side sills, B, B. In the form shown in the cars and cars for similar use. drawings, these sills are steel channels having The object of this invention is to produce such Outward directed flanges, B1. In each channel is a car of sufficient strength by the use of maa bearing block, B2, which forms a bearing r terials which are less costly than the materest for the axles.

rials put into some of the better class mine cars. The Sp between the Side Si11S.B,iS filled With A leading feature of the present construction planks, C, C, placed o ta y a d lengthwise is the use of strong steel side sills without metal of the car and below the axles. end structures connecting the ends of the side Binders. C t d transversely under and sills, the end bumpers being supported by the against the lower faces of the planks and the 10 car bottom. This permits placing the bumper lower faces of the lower side sill flanges, B1, structure lower than is the case when the end and thence upward across the outer sides of the structure is joined to the ends of the side sills. side sills and over filling blocks, C2. Bolts or In the present structure the bottom is also placed rivets, C3, t d horizontally through t nd- 15. low, whereby the load is brought close to the ers of the filling blocks and the upright web of rails. By placing the bumper structure on the the side sills. car bottom, easy discharge is provided when the A sheet metal side plate, D, has one edge restcar is tilted endwise for discharge from one end ing on the upper flange, B1, of each side sill and of the car. extends thence horizontally outward and then The above-mentioned structural features and upward. The binders extend horizontally out- 20 other structural features will be described hereward and against the lower face of each side inafter. plate and then upward along the outer face of In the accompanying drawings, the upright part of the side plate. Rivets, D1, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a car embodying extend through the side plates and the binders my improvement, parts being broken away; and through the horizontal part of the side plate 25- Fig. 2 is a plan of the same car, parts being and the upper flange of" the side sill. (See Figs. broken away; 6, 7' and 8). Rivets, C4, extend through the Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same car; planks, C, and the binders, 01. (See Figs. 1, 2, Fig. 4 is an upright section on the line, 44, 3, 4 and 7) .of Figs. 2 and 3; The ends of the bottom planks, C, project 30 Fig. 5 is a' front elevation; beyond the car body far enough to form parts Fig. 6 is an upright section on the line, 66, of the bumper structure. Short or supplemental of Fig. 1, looking toward the left; plank pieces, E, are placed flatwise on the up- Fig. 7 is an upright section on the line, '7-7, per faces of the plank, C, at each end of the of Fig. 1, looking toward the left; car, the outer ends of the pieces, E, being even 35 Fig. 8 is an upright section on the line, 8-8, with the adjacent ends of the planks, C. These of Fig. 1, looking toward the left; supplemental plank pieces form a part of the Fig. 9 is an upright section on the line, 9-9, bumper structure. A metal bumper cap, E1, exof Fig. 1, looking toward the left; tends'over the ends of the planks, C' and E, and

40 Fig. 10 is an upright longitudinal section is secured to said planks by means of upright 40 through the rear end of the car, the section being bolts or rivets, E2. Bolts or rivets, E3, extend similar to the left hand part of Fig. 4, with a through the planks, E and C, and the adjacent hanger added above. the axle; binder, C1, whereby said planks and the bind- Fig. 11 is an elevation of the rear end of the er are firmly secured to each other. The planks, car; E and C, are further joined to each other by 4.5

Fig. 12 is an upright longitudinal section simimeans of the metal coupling tongue, F, restlar to Fig. 4, a fixed end wall being substituted ing on the planks, E, and rivets, F1, extending for the gate at the right hand or forward end of through said tongue and said planks. The inthe car, and certain other details being changed, ner part of said tongue is shown spread into this form of the car being adapted for sidewise V-form so as to lie on each of the three planks, turning for discharging the load. E and C, which are shown as forming supple- Referring to the drawings, R, are track rails. mental planking and the bottom of the car be- A, A are track wheels on which the car is suptween the side sills. ported. A1, A1 are axles which are supported The tongue, F, rises and extends outward above "by the wheels. The axles extend through the the cap, E1, and is spaced above said cap far enough to admit a coupling link, F2. The outer end of the tongue and the cap, E1, are apertured on a common upright line to receive a coupling pin, F3. By means of the binders, Cl, and the rivets, C4, and the rivets, E3, the bottom planks, C, are well secured to the side sills; and the bumper structure is formed in part of the ends of the bottom planks and is supported by said planks and not on the side sills.

It will now be observed that the bumper structure heretofore supported by the end sills and along with the side sills, forming a rectangular frame, is absent.

At the forward end of the car (the right hand end as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4) an end gate or door, G, extends across the space above the bumper structure and the forward ends of the side sills, B, and the side plates, D, the :middle part of the lower edge of said door being notched at G1 to make room for the coupling tongue, F. A U-form strap, G2, extends horizontally across the upper part of theface of said gate and over the end edges of-said gate and across the adjacent binder, Cl, and horizontally to the next binder, Cl. and between'said binder anda brace, G3. A pintle, G4, extends through the brace, G3, and

the strap, G2, and the binder, C1, and the side plate, D. Thus the end gate or door is hinged to permit it to rest on the bumper structure or to be lifted for the discharge of the load of coal or other material from the car when the car is tiltedforward in the tipple. A second U-shape strap G5 extends horizontally across the outer face of the door immediately above the coupling tongue, F, and thence rearward across the ad jacent binder, C1, and obliquely upward to the lower edge of the strap, G2.- There a splicing plate, G6, extends across the adjacent end of the strap, G5, and the strap, G2, and is secured to saidstraps by means of rivets, G7. Above the coupling tongue, F, an'upright hook plate, G8 extends across the straps, G5 and G2, and is secured to said straps and'the door by means of rivets, G9. he upper end of said plate is bent forward and downward to form a hook adapted to be engagedby a bar or similar member on a tipple for supporting the door while the forward part of the body of the car is lowered in a tipple, as is well known in this art.

At the forward endof the car, the rear ends of the short planks, E, have their upper faces made slanting to meet the upper face of the bottom p anks, C. This is for the purpose of permitting easy forward sliding of the contents of the car when the car has been tilted.

To permit easy forward movement of the material, form ing the load, over the axles, A1, a hood or deflecting plate, H, is placed over each axle and extended from one side sill to the other, the part of the hood at the rear of the axle being slanted sufficiently to produce such easy moving or sliding. Forward of the axle, the hood may extenddownward abruptly. The forward edge of the hood rests on the upper face of the planks, C, and is secured to said planks by means of rivets, H1. The rear edge of each of these hoods rests on the upper face ofthe floor planks above the adjacent binder, Cl, and is secured to the planks by means of the adjacent rivets, o4, said'rivets in this case extending through the hood, the planks and the binders. At each end each hoodhas an upward directed flange, H2, resting against the adjacent upright web of the side silland secured thereto by rivets, H3.

Fig. 4 of the drawings shows each of said hoods endwise by straining the binders, Cl, and the riveting by which the binders are secured to the planks.

In Fig. 10, a hood is applied as in Fig. 4, and a hanger, H4, is placed under the hood and across the axle and has its ends resting on the planks and secured thereto by means of bolts or rivets, -H5. That hanger is shown resting on the axle to form additional supporting means for preventing downward movement of the plank bottom; but the hanger'is made wide enough to make lateral clearance and avoid engagement with the axle in case there is such accidental endwise movement of the plank bottom as has been mentioned above. In Fig. 12 these hangers are applied the same as in Fig. 10, but the hood, H, is omitted, that car being intended to be turned sidewise for discharging, tipples of the rotarytype being designed for that operation. It is to be understood that the hangers, H4, may be of any desired number.

Each track wheel, A, rises higher than the horizontal part of the side plates, D. Hence each wheel must penetrate said side plate. Hence the horizontal part of the side plate is provided with an aperture, D2. A hood, D3, is seated on each side plate above each wheel. Adjacent the upright part of the side plate, the hood has an upturned flange, D4, which is secured to said part of the plate, bymeans of rivets, D5. The inner part of each hood consists of a segment wall, H6, which is secured to the plate, D, and the main part of the hood by means. of rivets, D6, and the forward part of each hood is shown concentric with the adjacent part of the wheel, A, while the rear part of the hood is made slanting to such extent as to facilitate sliding of material forward across the hood when the car is tilted for discharging the load.

It is to be observed that the main bottom, the part of the bottom between the side sills, is below the axles, hence this is a low bottom car. It is also to be observed that the bumperstructure is low, reaching above the upper face the plank bottom only as much as the thickness of the short supplemental planks, E; and those planks, as already described, are made. slanting to facilitate discharge of the load. This arrangement permits discharging the load without tilting the car to the extent that would be required if a higher bumper structure or a higher end sill structure were placed between theside sills.

The metal side sillsgive amplesupport to prevent sagging of the load.,;At,the same time the use of the planking for the bottom and as parts of the bumper structures provides lower cost for a given load capacity than is provided by an allmetal car. 1

I claim as my invention, ,1. In a railway car of the kind described, the

combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, Wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between-the side sills belovv the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom coupling structure, including supplemental planking the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank combination of channel metal side sills, axles "combination of metal side sills, axles supporting and-to the side sills, and a bumper and coupling stliuctureat aoh end of the plankbottom, substantially as described] a railway, car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting therside sills,= wheels on the axles, aplank bottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and secured to the side sills, and a bumper and ing, at each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described.

3, In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supportbottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond theends of the side sills, bindersv extending under and secured to the plank bottom andsecuredto the side sills, and a bumper and coupling structure, including supplemental planking and a bumper cap and a coupling tongue, at: each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described. 1

i, In a railway car of the kind described, the

supporting the sidesills, wheels on the axles, filling blocks on the side sills, a plank bottom betending under and secured'to the plank bottom and the side sills and filling blocks, and a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described.

5. In a railway car of the kind described, the

the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom betweenthe side sills and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, an end door, and hoods extending across the axles and secured to the planking, substantially as described.

6. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, and hoods extending across the axles and secured to the planking and having lateral clearance at the axles substantially as described.

7. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles extending through the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, and a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described.

8. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure including a slanting supplemental planking, and an end door, substantially as described.

9. In a railway car of the kind described, the

combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure including a slanting supplemental planking, an end door, and slanting hoods extending over the axles, substantially as described.

10. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, and hangers extending over the axles and having clearance at the sides of the axles and secured to the plank bottom, and hoods extending over the hangers, substantially as de scribed.

11. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, and a bumper and coupling structure including an apertured bumper cap and apertured coupling tongue, substantially as described.

12. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, side plates supported by the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills and to the side plates, and a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described.

13. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a plank bottom between the side sills and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and the side sills, hangers extending over the axles and having clearance at the side of the axles and secured to the plank bottom, and a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the plank bottom, substantially as described.

14. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a bottom consisting of a plurality of planks between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, and a bumper and coupling structure comprising supplemental planking and a bumper cap and a coupling tongue having its base extending over and secured to the supplemental planking and a plurality of the bottom planks, substantially as described.

15. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a bottom consisting of a plurality of planks between the side sills below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, binders extending under and secured to the plank bottom and to the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure comprising supplemental planking and a bumper cap and a coupling tongue having its base extending over and secured to the supplemental planking and a plurality of the bottom planks, and one of the binders, substantially as described. I

16.- In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a bottom below the axles and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the bottom, and a door extending across the space above the floor and between the side sills at one end of the car, substantially as described. I

17. In a railway car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills, axles supporting the side sills, wheels on the axles, a bottom below the axles and extending beyond theends of the side sills, a bumper and coupling structure comprising a coupling tongue and seated on the bottom, and a door extending across the space above the floor and between the side sills and being notched to receive the coupling tongue, substantially as described.

' 18. In a mine car, sills, wheel axles, ties between said sills, a longitudinal buffer beam supported on said ties and located below the wheel axles, and coupler members connected to said buffer beam.

19. In a mine car, sills, wheel axles, ties between said sills, a longitudinal buffer beam supported" on said ties and located below the wheel axles, and housings for the wheel axles above said buffer beam, said housings being connected to said sills. I

20. In a mine car, sills, wheel axles, ties between said sills, a floor having a longitudinal buffer beam supported on said ties and located below the wheel axles, coupler members connected to saidbufier beam, and housings for the wheel axles, said housings having a gradual slope towards one end of the car for preventing the housings interfering with the dumping of the car contents.

21. In a mine car, wheel axles, sills, ties con-' necting said sills, a longitudinal bufi'er beam sup-r ported on said ties below the wheel axles and forming a portion of the floor, wooden flooring extending from the buffer beam to the sills, a filler' block mounted on and above the end of the buffer beam and flooring, and a bumper carried by the flooring and mounted on said filler block.

22. In a railway car of the kind described, the

combination of metal side sills, car axle journalsv combination of metal side sills, car axle journals whose axes lie in a horizontal plane which cuts the side sills, wheels on the axle journals, a central bottom between the side sills and under the horizontal plane of the axes of the axle journals and extending beyond the ends of the side sills,

binders extending under the central bottom and secured to the side sills, and a bumper and coupling structure at each end of the central bottom. EBER W. LIGHT. 

